Vinod Khosla Quotes
In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.
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The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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I often reread books I have written.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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There is something addictive in space that makes you want to go back - like the mountain climbers who want to go back to the Himalayas although their fingers were cut by frostbite.
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Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
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Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.
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I am occasionally enraptured by Western landscape. But I don't identify that state of mind as having to do with my own origins, having grown up in the West, although I certainly crisscrossed Nevada countless times growing up, and then as a young adult, in cars and on motorcycles.
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Every season I am inspired by women.
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Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime.
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Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
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Let the gossip roll! What to me are Hamlet's garters, or the whirlwind of Salome's dance, or the tread of the Man in the Iron Mask? I am more iron than they.
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I don't think I understood how deep the Big East was. That was probably something I wasn't prepared for. It's not easy to part rank and make the first step into the middle of the pack.
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I keep track of my kids sometimes with social media. I have to check TMZ every morning to see what's going on, and then at night, I go to bed with Snapchat.
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Winning is never enough, and I've got to try and do it as much as I can before my time is over.
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Traveling is not a hindrance for me; it's something I actually enjoy.
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I don't want to sacrifice my life, as I feel that I'm still very selfish and still want to pursue my dreams.
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I love a good paella, so I'd love to be able to know how to cook one.
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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
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Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
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When you collect bad loans... you sure learn a lot about making good ones. You also learn a lot about the power of persuasion, persistence and desperation.
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If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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When you're about to give up and your heart's about to break, remember that you're perfect, God makes no mistakes.
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In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.
